Paris cyber prosecutors open a probe into X over alleged algorithmic distortions, after an MP sent a complaint on January 12 that X was using biased algorithms
Paris prosecutors have opened a probe into Elon Musk's X social media over alleged algorithmic distortions, Franceinfo reports on Friday, citing the prosecutors' office.
Cyberattacks against CDK Global, used by ~15K car dealerships, and Change Healthcare show how large swathes of some industries have a “single point of failure”
A look at the challenges of academic AI research, as costs to develop generative AI models grow rapidly and tech companies' salaries drain academia of talent
e.g., establishing shared computing resources. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Glenn K. Lockwood / @glennklockwood : Academia is losing its ability to make progress in AI due t...
How Elon Musk's finances got more complicated as TSLA dropped 65%+ in 2022, shrinking his borrowing power and his fortune from an estimated $340B peak to $140B
Former Twitter employees and people in Elon Musk's orbit detail his erratic leadership; Musk wanted “full access” for Bari Weiss, which staff refused to grant
Musk's intense focus on his social media company purchase has devolved into the culture wars. Meanwhile, Tesla is tanking.
Texas' crypto mining boom, built on incentives like cheap power and favorable regulations, looks like a bust after soaring energy costs and crashing coin prices
At Code, former Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company found “a substantial portion” of Twitter users “were not real” when it considered buying Twitter in 2016
Bots were fine. Nastiness wasn't. — Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter. Then he decided he didn't.
Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon join the NIST's push to scrap the leap second, which keeps clocks in sync with the Earth's rotation but can cause glitches
so Meta wants to get rid of them Mariella Moon / Engadget : Meta calls for the death of the leap second Ciaran / worthreading : Worth Reading Issue #12 Leigh Mc Gowran / Silicon Re...
Apple details iOS 15 features: notification summaries, Live Text in photos, new ways to share in Messages, cross-app drag and drop, updates to Weather and Maps
in 35 seconds Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet : Apple to tempt Android and Windows users with a taste of FaceTime Oliver Haslam / iMore : Snapchat and more can use iOS 15's portrait...
Starting with iOS 15, iPhones can be traced via the Find My network even while powered off or after factory reset
With iOS 15, your iPhone is still traceable through the Find My network even when the device is powered off. It seems that with iOS 15, the phone is not really fully ‘powered off’...
Shortly after Basecamp debuted its email service, HEY, it says its next iOS app update was rejected because Apple wasn't getting its cut of subscription revenue
Right around the time the team at Basecamp was launching their Hey email service to the public on Monday, Zach Waugh …